I have installed Lazarus & FPC on the Win-7 side of my dual boot system without problem. However, on the LMDE side, I cannot get Lazarus to start. I installed FPC (2.4.0-2) & Lazarus (0.9.28.2-12), in that order, via the Synaptic Package Manager.

When I start, either from the menu or root shell (startlazarus), I would get this error:

I've posted on Lazarus' forum and did not recieve a solution.Has anyone installed FPC & Lazarus on LMDE 3.0.0-1-amd64 (wheezy/sid) with success? If so, I'd appreciate any tips you can provide. Thanks in advance.

I think the warning regarding VK codes has to do with the keyboard having codes that are not recognized, which I guess I can live with.My larger problem is the inability to get past the run time errors. The RTE's are keeping Lazarus from running. The most I can get is the occasional one-second (or so) splash.

Before trying that, on a lark I installed Lazarus & FPC in VirtualBox running 3.0.0-1-amd64. (Got a couple of errors noting that git-man_1.7.5.4-1_all.deb failed; however, I continued.) Low an behold, Lazarus started without error. So, what does that tell us?

After rebooting into 3.0.0-1, Lazarus loaded an ran just fine. Do you think there is a possibility that by running Linux-Mint in the VB, the VB itself is providing some protection from whatever is in the Live LInux-Mint that is causing the problem?

The VBox is a completely separate system, totally divorced from the OS you are running, so it will not be affected by the problem you are having. I don't know how to proceed further, something is screwed up but the error messages are not helping

I guess I can live with running Lazarus from the VirtualBox, but I wish I could figure out what it is about the "live" OS that causes the problem. Wish I could go back to 2.6.39.1 to see if Lazarus likes it any better.

I'm wondering if totally reinstalling Linux-Mint from the Live DVD (201109 Gnome 64-bit) is worth the effort. Although the problem 'seems' to be associated with my Asus notebook hardware, I don't know what else to try.

Keith,No "insight" on this end - only a "hunch". I wonder if my computer is too "fast" and the software cannot keep up with it. I requested some help from Asus' support web site and received no response. I checked my bios config and can find no way to slow it down (turn off cache or something) to test my hunch. Odd, though, that I have no problem using the Windows 7 OS on my dual-boot system.